diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/webhdfs.py b/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/webhdfs.py
index e99e20127e7ca..fdfdfc0c5a49e 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/webhdfs.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/hooks/webhdfs.py
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ class WebHDFSHook(BaseHook):
     :param proxy_user: The user used to authenticate.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, webhdfs_conn_id: str = "webhdfs_default", proxy_user: str | None = None):
+    conn_type = "webhdfs"
+    conn_name_attr = "webhdfs_conn_id"
+    default_conn_name = "webhdfs_default"
+    hook_name = "Apache WebHDFS"
+
+    def __init__(self, webhdfs_conn_id: str = default_conn_name, proxy_user: str | None = None):
         super().__init__()
         self.webhdfs_conn_id = webhdfs_conn_id
         self.proxy_user = proxy_user
diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/provider.yaml b/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/provider.yaml
index 8984b1652b35c..f796b23873d61 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/provider.yaml
+++ b/airflow/providers/apache/hdfs/provider.yaml
@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ hooks:
   - integration-name: WebHDFS
     python-modules:
       - airflow.providers.apache.hdfs.hooks.webhdfs
+
+connection-types:
+  - hook-class-name: airflow.providers.apache.hdfs.hooks.webhdfs.WebHDFSHook
+    connection-type: webhdfs